Improvement in water-elevator



J, P. LATIJMER. Water Elevator.

Patented June 21 HOTO-LITHUGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C To whom it mdy concerndlnited smu @stwt @fljline.

A ES FPL TIME or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 104,605, dated June 21,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, JAMES F. LATIMER, of Detroit, in the county of- Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vater- Elevators; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying. drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, with part of the well-curb broken away.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improve- .l'llellb in the method of discharging water from a wellbucket when raised to the curb, and consists in the novel and peculiar construction of a tilting spout, and in the mechanism for operating the samei n such a manner that, when the full bucket is drawn up in the curb, by depressing a trcadle, the spout is brought under the bucket, striking and lifting the spindle of a 'alve in its bottom-allowing the water'to escape into the spout, which conducts it to the discharge-trough or spout of the curb, .as'more fully hereinafter set. forth. I

In the drawing- A represents well-curb, in which is journaled a drum, B, rotated by a crank, O.

D is the hoist-rope, one endoi' which being'fastcued to the drum, the other is led through a pulley, E, suspended from the cross-beam at the top of the curb, and secured to'the bail of-the well-bucket F, as

shown. a

. 0. is a valve, closing an opening in the bottom of the bucket, and is provided with a spindle, a, which pro jects below the plane of the bottom of the bucket.

a G. are cross-bale in' the upper part of the curb, whieh prevent. the bucket from being raised above them, and I H is a trough or spout at one end of the curb.

I is a spout, secured near its end to a shaft, J, transversely journaled in the curb a little above the spout H, and having secured to it, outside the curb, a face-plate or crank-disk, K, from whose wrist depends a connecting-rod, L, coupling the same to a treadle, M, pivoted in the wallet the curb.

- The operation of the device is very simple, for, as the full bucket is elevated to the cross-bars G, the attendant places his foot on the 'treadle, eausingthe shaft J to make a partial rotation, bringing the free end of the spout I under the bucket, lifting the valve V therein, and allowing its contents to flow out into the spout, which discharges the same into the trough H,

which conducts the water into a vessel placed to re-' ccive it.

Any suit-able ratchet or. stop-device may be placed on the drum-shaft, to retain the bucket when elevated, if desired. a

During cold weather, the bucket may be kept suspended in the water to prcvent'freczing, while the device has the advantage of being simple, easy to op-. crate, not liable to get out of order, and cheap of construction.

I expressly disclaim the invention of the valve in the bottom of the bucket, or any novelty in the curb or devices for raising the bucket; .but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 'lhewater-elevator, described and shown, consisting of the drum 13, provided with a suitable crank, the rope D, the pulley E, the bucket F, provided with valve c a, the spout I, pivoted upon shaft J the disk- K, pitman L, treadleM, stationary spout H, and cross-bars G, when the severalparts are constructed and arranged as shown and described, and for the pur- ,poses set forth.

JAMES F; LATIMER.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK Ennn'rs, SAMUEL J. SPRAY. 

